LUNALOCK RANSOMWARE THREATENS VICTIMS BY FEEDING STOLEN DATA TO AI MODELS

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LunaLock, a new ransomware group, has threatened to submit stolen artwork from the Artists&Clients website to AI companies for training datasets if its $50,000 ransom demand isn't met. This approach, a unique extortion technique, represents a dangerous precedent as it compromises victims' intellectual property permanently by incorporating stolen data into AI models, unlike traditional dark web leaks that may fade over time. The attack targets artists who are already vulnerable to AI data scraping by companies like OpenAI and Google.